2025 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations

2025 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations

Tournament details

Host country

Egypt

City

Dates

11–18 October

Teams

6 (from 1 confederation)

Venue

Suez Canal Authority Hockey Stadium

Final positions

Champions

South Africa (9th title)

Runner-up

Third place

Tournament statistics

Matches played

15

Goals scored

99 (6.6 per match)

Top scorer

James Samaila (8 goals)

Best player

Ahmed El-Ganaini

Best goalkeeper

Samuel Silong

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The 2025 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations was the 12th edition of the Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations, the quadrennial international men's field hockey championship of Africa organised by the African Hockey Federation. In March 2025 it was announced that the tournament would be held alongside the women's tournament in Ismailia, Egypt from 11 to 18 October 2025.^[1]^[2]

South Africa, as the winner, qualified for the 2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup.^[3]^[4]

Qualification

The top two highest-ranked teams in the FIH World Rankings qualified directly for the tournament while the other teams had to play in the regional qualifiers. The top two teams from each of the regional qualifiers qualified for the tournament. The three regions were North-East Africa, North-West Africa, and Central-South Africa.^[5]^[6]

Highlighted are the countries that are participating in the 2025 Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations.
Qualified

Hosts

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
N/a	FIH World Rankings	N/a	2	South Africa Egypt
15 – 23 June 2024	North-West Africa Qualifier	Cancelled^[7]	2	Ghana Nigeria
22 – 2 April 2024	North-East Africa Qualifier	Cancelled^[8]	2	Kenya ~~Uganda~~^[9]
17 – 21 August 2024	Central-South Africa Qualifier	Harare, Zimbabwe	2	~~Namibia~~^[10] Zambia
Total			8

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	5	4	1	0	30	10	+20	13	Final
2	Egypt (H)	5	4	1	0	26	11	+15	13	Final
3	Kenya	5	2	0	3	9	12	−3	6	Third place match
4	Nigeria	5	2	0	3	14	18	−4	6	Third place match
5	Ghana	5	2	0	3	16	22	−6	6
6	Zambia	5	0	0	5	4	26	−22	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.^[11]
(H) Hosts

Matches

11 October 2025
10:00

1–2

Teye

58'

Solomon

36', 49'

Umpires:
Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)
Haitham Selim (EGY)

11 October 2025
14:00

5–0^{[note 1]}

Umpires:
Titus Mulwa (KEN)
Simon Awasa (NGR)

11 October 2025
20:30

2–1

H. Ragab

43'
Mos. Ragab

51'

Masambu

40'

Umpires:
Peter Caulder (RSA)
Aziz Adimah (GHA)

12 October 2025
13:00

0–5^{[note 1]}

Umpires:
Haitham Selim (EGY)
Peter Caulder (RSA)

12 October 2025
15:00

3–1

24'
Davis

49'

Masambu

40'

Umpires:
Aziz Adimah (GHA)
Simon Awasa (NGR)

12 October 2025
19:00

6–3

Adel

4', 8'
H. Ragab

6'
Abdelmonem

11'
El-Ganaini

26'
Moh. Ragab

53'

Victor

7'
Samaila

21', 26'

Umpires:
Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)
Titus Mulwa (KEN)

14 October 2025
11:00

5–1

John

14'
Samaila

30', 44', 48'
Godwin

57'

Tagwireyi

54'

Umpires:
Haitham Selim (EGY)
Titus Mulwa (KEN)

14 October 2025
15:00

3–3

Mos. Ragab

23'
Adel

32'
Mamdouh

45'

21', 53'

Umpires:
Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)
Simon Awasa (NGR)

14 October 2025
19:00

2–4

Omwaka

7'
Loise

60'

Kwofie

5'
Apronti

5'
Quagraine

10'
Akaba

23'

Umpires:
Peter Caulder (RSA)
Abraham Chaya (ZAM)

15 October 2025
15:00

1–2

John

4'

Omwaka

15+'
Mosoiko

43'

Umpires:
Aziz Adimah (GHA)
Abraham Chaya (ZAM)

15 October 2025
17:00

1–8

Mutale

42'

Mamdouh

21', 29', 45'
Karem

30', 38'
Mos. Ragab

52'
Nasr

59'
Adel

59'

Umpires:
Peter Caulder (RSA)
Simon Awasa (NGR)

15 October 2025
19:00

3–11

Akaba

16'
Kwofie

30'
Dogbe

50'

12', 57'
D. Cassiem

21', 38', 43'
Mvimbi

26'
Kraai

32'
Mann

35'
Davis

39'
Ngubane

46'
Neethling

59'

Umpires:
Haitham Selim (EGY)
Titus Mulwa (KEN)

17 October 2025
15:00

3–2

Ludiali

22'
Nayombe

23'
Omari

46'

Tagwireyi

9'
Mpande

12'

Umpires:
Haitham Selim (EGY)
Simon Awasa (NGR)

17 October 2025
17:00

7–3

Adel

17'
El-Ganaini

18', 28', 41'
H. Ragab

28'
Said

43'
Abdelmonem

53'

Folivi

35'
Quagraine

36'
Quaye

54'

Umpires:
Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)
Peter Caulder (RSA)

17 October 2025
19:00

8–3

4', 33'
Hobson

29'
Horne

31'
Neethling

37', 47'
Mvimbi

44'
Spooner

44'

Solomon

16'
Ibrahim

30'
Samaila

45'

Umpires:
Aziz Adimah (GHA)
Titus Mulwa (KEN)

First to fourth place classification

Third and fourth place

18 October 2025
13:15

1–3

Usagi

25'

Solomon

17'
Samaila

46', 50'

Umpires:
Peter Caulder (RSA)
Haitham Selim (EGY)

Final

18 October 2025
17:45

5–1

8', 15', 43'
Spooner

41'
Davis

46'

Esmat

19'

Umpires:
Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)
Aziz Adimah (GHA)

Statistics and awards

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification
	South Africa	2026 FIH Hockey World Cup
	Egypt (H)	2026 World Cup Qualifiers
	Nigeria
4	Kenya
5	Ghana
6	Zambia

Source: FIH
(H) Host

Goalscorers

There were 99 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 6.6 goals per match.

8 goals

James Samaila

7 goals

Dayaan Cassiem

4 goals

Ahmed El-Ganaini
Mahmoud Mamdouh
Dennis Solomon
Mustapha Cassiem
Calvin Davis
Keenan Horne

3 goals

Ziad Adel
Hossameldin Ragab
Mostafa Ragab
Kofi Quagraine
Hans Neethling

2 goals

Basel Abdelmonem
Mohamed Adel
Ahmed Karem
Emmanuel Akaba
Benjamin Kwofie
Bethuel Masambu
Mathias Omwaka
Peter John
Samkelo Mvimbi
Nicholas Spooner
Abraham Tagwireyi

1 goal

Zeiad Esmat
Mohamed Nasr
Mohamed Ragab
Ashraf Said
Sylvester Apronti
Christopher Dogbe
Francis Folivi
Bernard Quaye
Moses Loise
Ivan Ludiali
Alex Mosoiko
Linton Nayombe
Cliffe Omari
Sutcliffe Usagi
Sunday Godwin
Elkana Ibrahim
Kish Victor
Andrew Hobson
Zenani Kraai
Ryan Mann
Senzwesihle Ngubane
Alfred Mpande
Isaac Mutale

Source: FIH

See also

2025 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations

Notes

^ ^a ^b The match resulted in a walkover, after the Zambian team arrived late and did not made it in time for the game.^[12]

References

^ "Africa Cup of Nations [ACN] - 2025 (12th M & 9th W)". African Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2025-05-17.
^ @sa_hockey_men; (22 June 2025). "SA Hockey Men –Calendar 2025" – via Instagram.
^ "South Africa Women and Men qualify for FIH Hockey World Cup Belgium and Netherlands 2026". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 28 October 2025.
^ "Qualification System for 2026 FIH Hockey World Cups" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation.
^ Makhandia, Agnes (31 January 2020). "AHF introduces new Cup of Nations qualifying criteria". nation.co.ke. Daily Nation. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
^ "AfHF Presents Roadmap for 2020". africahockey.org. African Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 29 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
^ "North West Africa Qualifier for ACN 2025 (M/W)". African Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
^ "North-East Africa Qualifier for ACN 2025 (M/W)". African Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
^ @africanhockeyfederation; (29 August 2025). "ACN 2025 Participating Teams" – via Instagram.
^ @africanhockeyfederation; (17 September 2025). "Final Participating Teams (after withdrawal of Namibia Men & Women)" – via Instagram.
^ FIH General Tournament Regulations May 2022
^ @egyhockey13; (11 October 2025). "Due to the late arrival of the Zambia" – via Instagram.

Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations
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